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Rain and Other Stories

by W. Somerset Maugham
Stephen Crossley
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W. Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writersof the last 100 years. In this collection of his finest short workMaugham takes the listener to the sun-drenched Pacific islandswhere the Governor mercilessly abuses the inhabitants; to the storyRain, in which the Reverend and the prostitute play out oneof the most famous finales ever written; to the studies ofchauvinistic Colonels, and snide conversations in Edwardian drawingrooms, as well as at the gates of heaven. As an introduction to oneof the greatest writers in the English language Stephen Crossley'sreading is the perfect place to start.

  • Introduction
  • The Pacific
  • Mackintosh
  • Rain
  • Envoi
  • The Casuarina Tree
  • The Letter
  • Sanatorium
  • Jane
  • The Judgement Seat
  • The Colonel's Lady
  • The Verger
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    Publisher: Spoken Ink Edition: Unabridged

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    • File size: 225517 KB
    • Release date: March 1, 2013
    • Duration: 07:49:49

    MP3 audiobook

    • File size: 225555 KB
    • Release date: March 1, 2013
    • Duration: 07:49:46
    • Number of parts: 9

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    subjects

    Fiction Literature Short Stories

    Languages

    English

    W. Somerset Maugham is one of the best-loved short story writersof the last 100 years. In this collection of his finest short workMaugham takes the listener to the sun-drenched Pacific islandswhere the Governor mercilessly abuses the inhabitants; to the storyRain, in which the Reverend and the prostitute play out oneof the most famous finales ever written; to the studies ofchauvinistic Colonels, and snide conversations in Edwardian drawingrooms, as well as at the gates of heaven. As an introduction to oneof the greatest writers in the English language Stephen Crossley'sreading is the perfect place to start.

  • Introduction
  • The Pacific
  • Mackintosh
  • Rain
  • Envoi
  • The Casuarina Tree
  • The Letter
  • Sanatorium
  • Jane
  • The Judgement Seat
  • The Colonel's Lady
  • The Verger
    • Expand title description text
    Fiction Literature Short Stories